different between apposition vs opposition

English

Etymology

From Middle English apposicioun, from Middle French apposition, from Latin appositi?, past participle of app?nere (“to put near”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æp??z??n?/

Noun

apposition (countable and uncountable, plural appositions)

1. (grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.

   Synonym: parathesis
2. (grammar) The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
3. The quality of being side-by-side, apposed instead of being opposed, not being front-to-front but next to each other.
4. A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.
5. (biology) The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
6. (rhetoric) Appositio, the addition of an element not syntactically required.
7. A public disputation by scholars.
8. (Britain) A (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul's School, London.

Translations

Further reading

• apposition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Noun

apposition

1. Genitive singular form of appositio.

French

Etymology

From Latin appositi?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.po.zi.sj??/

Noun

apposition f (plural appositions)

1. apposition

Related terms

• apposer

Further reading

• “apposition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle English opposicioun, from Old French oposicion (whence French opposition), from Late Latin oppositi?, translating Ancient Greek ????????? (antíthesis), from the past participle stem of classical Latin opp?n? (“I set against”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??z???n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p??z??n?/

Noun

opposition (plural oppositions)

1. The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
2. An opposite or contrasting position.
3. (astronomy) The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth.
5. (politics) A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power.
6. (law) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent.
7. (chess) A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance with his own king.
8. (logic) The difference of quantity or quality between two propositions having the same subject and predicate.

Antonyms

• apposition

Translations

Further reading

• opposition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Noun

opposition

1. Genitive singular form of oppositio.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from post-classical Latin oppositi? (translating Ancient Greek ????????? (antíthesis)), from the past participle stem of classical Latin opp?n? (“I set against”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.po.zi.sj??/

Noun

opposition f (plural oppositions)

1. opposition

Derived terms

• par opposition à

Further reading

• “opposition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).